As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A researcher describes the destructive power of the fires in Los Angeles, particularly the formation of fire ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

Firefighters in California are facing a rare and dangerous phenomenon as wildfires create swirling fire tornadoes ... time since the end of the Second World War, and across the world, pluralism ...

As the Southern California wildfires continue to rage, residents are at risk from more than the fast-spreading flames as strong winds continue to whip through the region. There's also a deadly ...

LOS ANGELES – Fire tornadoes are a rare and frightening phenomenon that can be produced by wildfires ... For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 2.

NORFOLK, Va. — Fire tornadoes, also known as fire whirls, fire devils, or firenadoes, are a rare and dangerous weather phenomenon that can occur during intense wildfires. These swirling columns ...

The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes As if ...

Los Angeles fire A helicopter drops water on smoke and ... to the US support that put Europe back on its feet after World War II. "We already have a team looking at reimagining L.A. 2.0," he ...

A Jan. 9 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be two tornadoes moving through a burning rural landscape. “Did you know that Cali gets fire tornadoes?!” the post reads.